Happy 2012! We hope that 2012 is off to a happy and healthy start for you and your family.

This year the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition is launching new campaigns towards our mission of breast cancer prevention. We know that early detection is not enough to stop this epidemic and are continually evaluating new, innovative strategies that will further prioritize and make progress towards true disease prevention.

2. Increased Efforts to Engage Medical Community in Primary Breast Cancer Prevention - The medical community is a crucial partner in helping us change the conversation. Through further collaborations with medical professionals, we will establish a stronger voice for the evidence-based approach to primary prevention.

3. Collaborate and Share Resources Through Regional Breast Cancer Prevention Alliances - Joining forces with breast cancer organizations in the North East with a similar prevention focus, we will strengthen our impact - bringing primary prevention one step closer.

The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer and What Can Be Done About It

Monday - January 23rd

5:30-7:00pm

Can your shampoo or cologne make you sick? The answer is yes! Still, many cosmetic manufacturers place harmful chemicals in their products while publicly pledging their support to "finding the cure" for breast cancer. This is pinkwashing.

Come join us on this Monday from 5:30-7:00 to hear Cindy Luppi, New England Director of Clean Water Action and Senior Strategist and Steering Committee Member of Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, and Eric Boles, Interim Executive Director of the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition.

They will discuss how environmentalists and breast cancer activists are coming together to end pinkwashing and promote a more prevention-oriented approach to the cancer epidemic.

The event is free, and will be held at 10 Behrakis Health Science Building, 30 Leon Street, Northeastern University.

Sponsored by the Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collaborative (NEJRC) and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, this event is part of the Leaders in the Environmental Movement public lecture series at Northeastern University this Winter season.

For more information, contact Daniel Faber, Director of NEJRC, at d.faber@neu.edu.